Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-03-11

1887.
Mr.. Grindle moved to indefinitely postpone
the bill.
After discussion between Messrs. Noble,
Billings, Wilson. Jewett, O'BrieD, Walton.
the motion to indefinitely postpone the bill
was lost by the following vote, on call for
the yeas and nays by Mr.. Jones of Athens:
YEA-Messrs; Alexander. Aver. Beal. Billings.
Boynton. Bradley, Carleton. Chase Of Dam na1
Gotta, Chase of Edgecomb, Condor. Gushing. Davi-
SON, Doten. Dow, Eells, Farrar. Floyd, Friend
Grindle Harding Of G15ham' Jones: MHgspRR ns
Sturgis, Warren of Winslow, Waugh, Weymouth,
Whitnore;. widber. Wiggin' Wiley "o0dman'
NAY-Messrs. Alden, Allen, Barker. Bennett; BOW
ker. Bradish, Brown, Bryant. Burns, Clark OF BAN
gor Clark Of Calais Clark OF Caribou GaTk q Saeo
Clifford, Glover. Hall, Hamilton OF Cumberland,
Harding of Durham. Harper. Harrington. Hawkes.,
Haden hsd ssy Of
Litteteld of Prospect Lombard. Looney. Lyons
Marley, Moore OF Deering, Moore OF Gardiner,
0'Brien Nealley Newbert. Noble. Palmer rarSner'
Pattangall, PIERCE, Powers, Purnton OF Bowdoln.
Purinton of Bowdoinham XII ker, ROBERTS OF
Brunswick. Roberts of Dexter, Ryder, Sanborn OF
Island Falls SAWYER Seaman, sharp, s3a%, SPIT M
York.-76.
ABsENT-Messrs Adams, Bishop. Cults, Dority.
Ferguson, Fegg, Gagnon. Greene, Greer. Hamilton
of Gouldsboro. Hodgkns, Keegan. kidder. Knapp,
Levensaler, Libbey of Burnham. Mallett, Marston,
Morrill,, Packard, Poole, Randall, Richards; Ross
Smith, Sylvester. Thurlow. Vaughan, Watts, Wedge
wood, Whicomb-3l.
On motion of Mr.. Looney, bill an act au-
thorizing the Cumberland and Oxford Canal
Co., its mortgages and assigns, to dispose OF
certain property of the corporation, House
document l5S, was taken from the table.
On motion of Mr.. Dow the bill was amend
ed by inserting after the word Estate" in the
ninth line, sec. l, land having or hereafter
acquiring under State law, other than this
act, the right to extend its line from said To-
cation; and by adding at the end of said sec
ton, ''and provided further, that no railroad
which may be hereafter constructed frd5h said
location, or any part thereof, shall cross the
roadbed of the Portland & Ogdensburg Rail-
road at grade"
The bill, as amended, was read the third
time and passed to be engrossed.
House document 70, bill an act to incor-
porate the Maine Marriage Benefit Associa-
ton, was taken from the table, on motion Of
Mr.. Bradley of Vassalboro, who further
moved to indefinitely postpone the bill
After debate between Messrs. Bradley,
Lyons, Harrington, and Glover, the motion to
indefinitely postpone prevailed on rira roee
vote.
On motion of Mr.. Dow, bill an act relating
to the appointment of deputy marshals in the
city Of Portland was taken from the table.
read the third time and passed to be engrossed.
Bill an act to amend sec. 8, chap. 60. re-
vised statutes, relating to attachments in pro-
ceedings under the provisions of said chapter
was presented by Mr.. Harrington of Eorrdge-
wock.
On Mr.. Harrington's motion, the rules
were suspended, bill considered without
printing or reference to committee, read three
times and passed to be engrossed.
Mr.. Pattangall presented the following or
der, and on his motion the rules were sus-
pended and the order passed without reference
to committee:
Ordered, That DR.. r. l.. Grindle, repre-
sentative from Mount Desert, be excused
from further service, on and after this day,
and that the Clerk of the House be directed
to make up his pay for travel and attendance
for the session, he having been summoned
home by telegraph on account of sickness in
his family.
House document 100 Ioonev Bill) was
taken from the table, on motion of Mr.. Pow
ers of Houlton.
The question before the House was action
on the bill as it came from the Senate. In
the Senate, the amendments of the House
were coDcurred in, excepting amendment /
which was rejected. The bill was then fur
Their amended by Senate amendments A, B,
G, E, G, J, X.
On motion of Mr.. Powers of Houlton, the
House receded and concurred with the Senate
in rejecting House amendment |.
On motion of Mr.. Powers, the House con
Cured in the adoption of Senate amendment
A.
Senate amendment was concurred in on
motion of Mr.. Barker of Bangor as also Sem
ate amendment c.
The House further concurred in adopting
Senate amendments and G, on motion of
Mr. Loonev.
On motion of Ny. Powers, the Hou non
concurred in the adoption of Senate amend
ments j. and X.
Mr.. Moore of Deerng desired to know if
il would be in order to offer an amendment
to the bill.
The Chair ruled that he would entertain
amendments upon subjects that have not
heretofore been disposed of by the House.
Mr.. Moore then moved to amend sec. /,
line 7, by striking out the word the before
the word "machinery," and inserting the
word "any" in lieu thereof
This amendment provoked discussion.
Mr.. Moore stated the object of his amend
ment to be in the interest of the persons who
were engaged on the coast in making aud re-
pairing tOilers.-steam boilers
Mr. Looney stated that those persons would
not come within the operation of the bill ;
they were provided for, with many others, by
the amendment striking out the word "busi-
ness"
The amendment was adopted on a rising
vote by so to A
Mr.. Pattangall moved to amend section j,
line 2, by inserting after the word women
the words "unless she have relatives depen-
dent upon her for support"
Mr.. Pattangall believed no man could OBJ
Ject to this amendment, mot even the gentle
man from Portland (Mr. Looney) philan.
thropist as he was.
Mr.. Wright hoped that this amendment,
would not prevail; he thought gentlemen
ought not to stir up this matter again, as il
had been once settled by the House.
Mr.. Walton favored the amendment, in
good faith He thought it necessary that this
exception should be made; otherwise he
thought the bill ought to be entitled bill to
prevent an honest woman from obtaining an
honest living by honest work.
Mr.. Noble said that this amendment was
simply an amendment to strike women out of
the bill. under another guise. Everybody
knew that the great masa of women in ouv